Carbon intensity of electricity — all countries

Carbon intensity of electricity — Northern Africa

Carbon intensity of electricity in Northern Africa in 2024 — 594 g/kWh. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.6%.

2024 594 g/kWh −0.14% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 614 g/kWh2006
Period minimum 590 g/kWh2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Northern Africa, 2000–20245906006106202000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 590 g/kWh2001: 595 g/kWh2002: 598 g/kWh2003: 601 g/kWh2004: 603 g/kWh2005: 608 g/kWh2006: 614 g/kWh2007: 613 g/kWh2008: 611 g/kWh2009: 605 g/kWh2010: 603 g/kWh2011: 605 g/kWh2012: 612 g/kWh2013: 608 g/kWh2014: 611 g/kWh2015: 611 g/kWh2016: 612 g/kWh2017: 611 g/kWh2018: 608 g/kWh2019: 603 g/kWh2020: 595 g/kWh2021: 598 g/kWh2022: 600 g/kWh2023: 595 g/kWh2024: 594 g/kWh
Change over the period: +4 (+0.65%) Average annual rate: 0.03 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Northern Africa

Northern Africa 594 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Northern Africa, by year Northern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 594 −1 −0.14%
2023 595 −5 −0.84%
2022 600 +2 +0.32%
2021 598 +3 +0.51%
2020 595 −9 −1.42%
2019 603 −4 −0.68%
2018 608 −3 −0.57%
2017 611 −1 −0.16%
2016 612 +1 +0.13%
2015 611 +0 +0.08%
2014 611 +2 +0.38%
2013 608 −4 −0.6%
2012 612 +7 +1.09%
2011 605 +2 +0.36%
2010 603 −2 −0.35%
2009 605 −5 −0.9%
2008 611 −2 −0.31%
2007 613 −1 −0.14%
2006 614 +6 +1.01%
2005 608 +4 +0.67%
2004 603 +2 +0.33%
2003 601 +4 +0.64%
2002 598 +3 +0.49%
2001 595 +5 +0.8%
2000 590

About the indicator

Carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector per kilowatt-hour of generation. A single number into which the whole structure of generation folds: a coal plant gives about 820 grams per kilowatt-hour, a gas plant roughly 490, and nuclear, wind and solar single digits. The indicator therefore reads as a summary verdict on a power system and is especially useful for comparing countries with different generation mixes: one may have a lot of hydro and another nuclear, yet the result comes out close.

Important: Emissions from generating electricity are counted, without emissions from building the plants and extracting the fuel. Aggregates are weighted by generation and computed from 2000 onward.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.